The Bookmobile will not be at any stops this week for scheduled maintenance. We will resume a normal schedule Tuesday, May 28.

Start a Holiday Tradition: Light Up Your Family Tree

Posted by on December 5, 2011

Discover your family history at the library

This holiday season when family from near and far are in town and sitting around talking, use this time to document – maybe even fact-check – those family stories. Let the library help separate family facts from fiction. Shari Schawo, our genealogy librarian, invites you and your gang to dig through the Baker Genealogy Center’s [...]

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Join us at the 2011 Ancestor Fair

Posted by on September 28, 2011

Ancestor Fair 2011

Join us Saturday October 8th from 10am to 3pm at the Kansas State Historical Society 6425 SW 6th Ave for meet Christia Cowan from Ancestry.com and learn about genealogical research and resources.

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Genealogy? Fashionable?

Posted by on March 16, 2009

The recent presidential campaign came complete with pedigrees of the candidates.  Oprah Winfrey is publically delving into her family history. A television show investigates celebrities’ ancestors. Genealogy and genealogists have always been around, but now the pursuit of one’s ancestors has become even more popular, even fashionable. In Canada, two national television programs featuring genealogy are [...]

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